Peter Östlund

Pinhole art by Peter Östlund Sweden

General thoughts.
In my cinematography I sometimes move the camera without knowing exactly what will be framed, where I am going. Sometimes it makes wonder for the viewer, sometimes not.
Often it adds an artistic dimension I could not plan.
I try to rely on chance, intuition or some kind of God, and it thrills me.

The same thing applies to pinhole photography. I always have an idea and hope for something greater than what I could imagine.
Sometimes it happens and it is not only by my myself.
However I have to see when it is given to me.

The pinhole camera doesn’t have a lens, no exposure meter, no viewfinder.
Just a tiny hole and a film in the back.

I am very influenced by by Pictorialism

Pictorialism is an international photography movement and aesthetic from the late 19th and early 20th centuries that treated the camera as a tool to create fine art rather than a simple device for recording reality.